The Church Fathers on this verse

Genesis 23:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.

Douay-Rheims

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ חַיֵּ֣י שָׂרָ֔ה מֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֛ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֖י חַיֵּ֥י שָׂרָֽה׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

2 Church Fathers comment on this verse

Ephraem the Syrian

4th centuryChurch Father

Sarah passed away in Hebron at the age of one hundred and twenty-seven and was interred in a cave that had been purchased from the Hittites.

Philaret of Moscow (Drosdow)

19th centuryChurch Father

Sarah, unlike the other wives, holds the unique privilege of having the span of her life recorded in the Holy Scriptures.

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